McCrea v. McClenahan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William G. McCrea, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant James McOlenahan, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 30th day of January, 1908, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court as to the said defendant after a trial at the Westchester Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for the conversion of certain goods concededly belonging to the plaintiff and left by him in the possession of the defendant David Stevenson Brewing Company, of which the defendant McClenahan was president at .the time of the alleged conversion, and by whose personal action the conversion was consummated. Upon the trial, the learned justice presiding dismissed the complaint as to the defendant McClenahan, and upon the jury finding a verdict for $2,500 the same was set aside as being excessive. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment…
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